Drapery hanger



Feb. 27, 1923.

R. B. DWYER DRAPEBY HANQER Filed Dec. 50, 192] 2 sheets-sheet l Feb. 27, 1923. 1,447,126

R. B. DWYER DRAPERY HANGER Filed Dec. so, `1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Feb. 27, i923.

l narran stares rarest@ RAYMOND is. DWYEn', or crrrcneo, 'rLLINoIsL l attiene sereni-f 'Dezernate HANGER. i

Application tiled 'December 3G, 1921. Serial No. 526,019. I

To all I'ur/Lam.` t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RAYMOND B. DwYEn. a citizenl of the United Statespresiding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new -and useful Improvement in Drapery Hangers, of which the following is av specification.

My invention relates to drapery hangers, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide itself-acting hanger so construted that the drapery when in place will conceal. the pole. Another object kis to provide a hanger oi this type bythe use ot which the y pole will be concealed whether.I they drapery is single or double. Another object is to provide a hanger of this pole-concealing type which will d ispense with theneed ot sewing. Still another object is to provide means for readily obtaining a French plait. Another object is to produce a hanger which is self intensifying or com.- pensating so that the hea-vier the drapery the tighter will be the gripping action. Still another objectN is to provide a construction which will enable theliangerto slide eas-ily without the aid of antitriction rollers.

l accomplish my obgects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view or the.

Figure S is a perspective view showinga double drapery hanging in a so-called French plait.

.Figure 9 is a sectional Avie-w on theline 9 4). Figure S, and i I Figure 10 is a plan section on the line lfL-U). Figure 9.

Like numerals denote like parts throughout the several views. i

Referring tirst to the form shown in Fig `ing an aperture. f The body 2O has two upures ll to '7 inclusive, the hanger consists of two principal elements a and Zi, which are smyilarbutlnotidentical. They are ymade preferably otresilient sheet metah .for example, spring brass; The member@` has a `depending'flange e adapted toflieinnthe medianplane of the device.; vThe Harige has y an aperture 5. lThe bodyfis curved yto exftend upward along one lside. of the pole7 ,and atfthenpper end it has aterminal-'or )jaw consisting in the present lcase. oftwodurcations 8 which are apertured at'the. upper end as illustrated. In practice this terminal stands approximately onr a level' with the body of ythe pole 10. The "body 'also-'has a.l branch or strap. l2 which passesup over the topvot thepolev .toythe opposite 'side`V where .it has a second terminal 14C. `According-to the `design illustrated this` lsecond terminal is fiircated and f provided with two points 1.5 for gripping the drapery. Membersa auch?) are .preferably ribbed. as at 18. Figclearnessl these Aribs' are not depicted in Fig liresy el., 5 and 6. yThey/tend tostittenfthe membersand are desirable, but are-notessential.

ure'd and elsewllver'eybutffor the sake of The member bis quite simi-lar to member u and has aglange L at. the bottom contain:

standing r'iii'cations 22 analogous to the turcations 8 of 'elemente They likewise are apertured at "thenp-pe'r end. v A ybranch-24 is similar tothe branch 12,andpasses up over the top of the pole to the opposite side terminal 25 similar to the secondterminal provided on the `member a.V 'll'ns 1s .tur-

- nished with points 26V lor engaging the draf pery. f According to the preferred design the branches or straps 12,24 are. arch shaped or flattened, as shown. `This causes the hanger to slide much more easily than otherwise, and avoids the need of antifriction f rollers.v V

For vordinary cases vthe two members L and I) willbe permanently'fastenedv together by means of an eyelet-30which passes through the apertures '5` in the `flanges d and rigidly hold'szthe. two parts' assembled.` -lllhenthus assembled the branch Qt passes l9.0 c 'f the structure where it is provided with a through an aperture '32. formeddn the body oi member a., while thebranch l2 passes between the urcat'ions 22 o-tmember b. lsecondary termina-ls 14e, Qflie onthe outside .1.

of the Jintuitions 8 respectively, and the prongs tace inward toward the apertures on the companion terminals. ln practice these prongs will engage, it not actually enter into the apertures tormedat the upper end ot' the turcations S, Q2, although the precise form of the terminals is non essential and may be considerably varied.

The tension of the spring metal is such as to cause the members a. and l) to press outward, which, oi course, tends to torce the cooperating terminals toward each other. lllhen it is desired to open the gripping jaws-that is, to torce the terminals apart, the operator presses together upon the bodies of the two members' a and b as illustrated in Figure 5 and when the pressure is removed., the resilience ot the members will 'force the terminals toward each other or the gripping jaws to close. Furthermore, the tension` induced by the weight oit the hanger and drapery will increase the grippin0l action of the jaws; and the heavier the weight, the greater will be the gripping action. Viewed in one aspect, the branches overlying the pole may be regardt-id as straps7 tending, under stress, to draw the outer jaws or terminals into close contact with the .inner ones. According tothe present design7 this supplements the spring action and may be said to be self compensating in the sense that the harder the pull the greater the grip.

Operation: Let it be assumed that a double drape is to be hung, as shown in Figure The two drapes 36 are passed up along the outside or" the hanger, and the upper edges 3T passed down between the cooperating jaws or terminals. The operator, ot course, at this time holds the jaws open by pressing` inward on the'incnibers u, Z), but as soon as the upper edges are thus in place, he releases the members and permits the jaws to engage the -tabric. He 'then brings the two layers ol fabric into contact with the flanges 4: after which he inserts the pointed shank el() of a snap fastener, best shown in Figure 7. The shank is passed through the fabric and through the eyelet 30.l It prori'ded at the outer end with a button all and at the inner end with a head 42 adapted to be engaged by the gripping members ot a companion button elet. rEhe assembly then appears as shown in Figure 2, and by reiterence to it it will be observed that the drapery conceals not only the pole, but also eve-ry portion ol" the hanger. Nothing appears to an observer except the buttons eil, dat ot the snap fastener, and these may be colored to harmonize with the drapery.

It' av single drape is to be employed., the end 50 is inserted between the jaws on one side, then a stretch 5l is laid down along the outer side of the device.v down to the flanges 5 and around the bottom of said flanges and up alongside ot'I the device to the second jaw or pair of terminals, where a doubled portion 53 is inserted. A stretch oi fabric is then led down the outside and lnought into cont-act with the fabric already adjacent to the flanges Ll. The balance ot the drape then permitted to hang down in the usual manner. rl`he snap fastener is then passed through three layers of the fabric, as illustrated at the bottom oi" Figure i3. The result oir' this manipulation that the pole and hangersare entirely concealed. although but a single piece ot' `fabric is employed for the drape.

Referring now to Figures S, 9 and l0, the hanger itselit is the same as before, but instead of inserting the snap fasteners through the eyelet 30, a bar (SO passes through the eyelet, said bar having eyes Gl at each end as best shown in Figures 9 and l0. ln applying the drapery under these conditions a plait '62 is termed by gathering the fabric and bringgjirn;` it into contact with the two opposite sides ot the loop Gl. The fabric is then held in'place by snap fasteners of the same type as before. These plaits or folds 62 are sometimes referred to in the trade as French plaitsf7 and the advantage is that they give an appearance of fullness which adds to the appearance ot the hanging. ltv is not usually desirable to form these plaits at the end ot the drapery adjacent to the door or window casing, and hence at these points the double eyelet bar (50 will be omitted and the snap tasteners will penetrate directly through the eyelets 30 as in the previously described assemblage. The latter forni ot assemblage shown at the left end of Figure S. while. the French plait depicted at the right end ot' said gure.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by using` my type ol' hanger not only are the pole and the hanger entirely concealed.A but the hanger is self-acting in the sense that it grips the drapery and totally dispenses with sewing. The sewing of hangers to draperies, especially where the draperies are of the heavier type7 involves much more labor and is a much more diiticult operation than would be expected by those not skilled in the art, and for that reason. hangers are frequently employed which are self acting but which expose both the pole and the hanger. As a result of my invention.I either single or double drapes may be used, and both the pole and hanger will be concealed, and yet sewing is entirely dispensed with.

Having thus described my invent-ion what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. hanger tor draperies having two members adapted to pass up over the pole from opposite sides, each having a remote terminal at the tar side of the pole and also a terminal at the near side of the pole for cooperating with the remote terminal of the opposite member for holding the drapery between them.

2. A hanger for draperies having a. Y shaped member with resilient sides pressing outward, and means passing vover the top of the pole and alongside of the upper ends of the branches of said Y shaped member for clasping the drapery between them.

3..A hanger for draperies comprising members having means at the median plane below the pole' for attachment to the drapery, said members passing thence upward along opposite sides of the poles and across the top of it to the opposite side where a terminal is formed, eachof lsaid members having a second terminal on the near side of the pole adapted to cooperate with the irst mentioned terminal of the companion member for gripping the drapery between them.

4. A hanger for draperies comprising members having means at the median plane below the pole 'for attachment to the drapery, said members passing thence upward along opposite sides of the pole and having terminals at their upper end, said members also having branches extending across the top of the pole to the opposite side, said branches having terminals at their ends adapted to cooperatey with the first mentioned terminals for engaging the drapery between them, the members being resilient for pressing the cooperating terminals toward each other. f

5. A hanger for draperies comprising members passing from a point below the pole upward along opposite sides of it and having terminals at their upper end, facing inward, said members also having branches extending across the top of the pole to the opposite side and beyond the first mentioned j terminals, said branches having terminals at their ends lying to the outside ofthe first mentioned terminals, and saidterminals beingv adapted to engage the drapery between them.

6. A hanger for draperies comprising members having means at the median plane` below the pole for attachment to the dra-l pery, said members passing thence upward along opposite sides of the pole and having terminals at their upper end facing inward toward the pole, said members also having branches y extending across the top of the pole to the opposite side and beyond the first mentioned terminals, said branches having terminals at their ends lying to the outside of the first mentioned terminals, and the members beingk resilient and pressing out-y ward to cause the cooperating terminals to press towards each other for yengaging the drapery.

7. A hanger for draperies comprising members passing from a point below the opposite member, which has an opening for the purpose. l

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

RAYMoND B. DWYER. 

